Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)
A large and important hexagonal cloisonné-enamel vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
The tall vase with high shoulders tapering to the foot and worked in colored enamels and varying thicknesses of gold wire with butterflies in long trailing branches of wisteria against a midnight-blue ground, the mounts silver, signed on the underside Kyoto Namikawa
12 1/4in (31.1cm) high